Through June 8, a small group of local bars will participate in Imbibe and Campari's Negroni Week to raise money for local causes.

Imbibe launched Negroni Week, a celebration of the gin-, Campari- and Vermouth-based cocktail, to raise money for charitable causes. Bars around the world will mix up Negroni variations, donating a portion of proceeds from each drink to a charity of their choice.

Top of the Monk, the cocktail bar above downtown's Thirsty Monk, will donate to the Western North Carolina Green Building Council, a nonprofit dedicated to the public's education about the health and environmental impacts of design and construction.

MG Road will give $1 from each drink sale to the Haywood Street Respite, a nonprofit program of the Haywood Street Congregation offering short-term care in a home-like setting for homeless adults recovering from surgery or other ills.

"Our goal is to raise awareness of pretty much every bartender's favorite cocktail all the while doing a little good for someone else," said MG Road's Jesse Ratliff in an email. MG Road has a special menu of four Negroni variations now through June 8.

"So far there are over 1,000 bars participating, and we're really excited to open some minds and some bitter-loving taste buds," said Ratliff.

Check up on Negroni Week through Imbibe's Instagram and Twitter accounts (@imbibe) and by following the #NegroniWeek hashtag.

MG Road is at 19 Wall St., Table and the Imperial Life are at 48 College St., and Top of the Monk is at 92 Patton Ave.